Christmas wouldn’t be the same without the traditional gift
giving. Even though good intentions are behind most gifts, we still receive presents
we don’t like or don’t fit our particular “style”. Should you keep it - since it
was the thought that counts? Or, would you regift it?
The market research company, Harris Interactive, surveyed
1,505 American adults and found over half the participants admitted to
regifting and 78 percent felt regifting was okay most of the time.
Just yesterday, I also had the chance to play the White
Elephant Gift Exchange game. The premise of the game is to regift an old item you didn't want. There were an
array of regift items such as a finger puppet, test tubes, cowboy hat, photo
printer and jellied fish bait. The game was very fun and entertaining, but at
the same time people were able to give away their “gifts” to someone else who
may have wanted it or could have used it better than they had.
What do you think? Do you keep all your presents whether you
like them or not? Or, selectively regift them to someone else?
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